Blogposts tagged 'Glastonbury'

Michael and Emily Eavis join the Rainbow Warrior for the day

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 11 November 2011 at 9:58am - 7 Comments

Michael and Emily Eavis joined the Rainbow Warrior III yesterday for a trip up the Thames. Glastonbury Festivals gave a generous donation to help pay for the new ship and the ship's mess has been dedicated to Michael Eavis (he didn't know about that until he got on board). Here's a look behind the scenes of their journey.

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Let it all out - Glasto shouts against rainforest destruction

Posted by jossc - 28 June 2010 at 1:43pm - 0 Comments

Once again this year we teamed up with Mi7 Records to put on live music in the Greenpeace field. Following last year's success with the Departure Lounge, where we put on acts including Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons, this time around we decided to step up our game.

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Prince Charles visits the Greenpeace field

Posted by jossc - 24 June 2010 at 3:52pm - 0 Comments

Gaze, simple folk of the Earth, upon true regal grace. And look, that's Prince Charles as well! Ho-ho.

For those of you who aren't as familiar with the inner world of Greenpeace as, er, me, that bloke on the left is our executive director, John. That chap in the middle is our future king, probably, and the two fellas on his right are minders - probably fighting quite hard to stop themselves rugby tackling everyone to the ground and bundling HRH into a waiting Chinook.

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Countdown to Glastonbury 2010

Posted by jossc - 24 June 2010 at 10:20am - 0 Comments

Volunteers are hard at work preparing the Greenpeace field for the 40th Glastonbury festival, now just two days away. Forest campaigner Ian explains why rainforest destruction is the central theme this year, and gives a personal demonstration of our very popular solar/biomass on-site showers...

You'll find a full listing of all the goodies available to festival goers in the Greenpeace field this time around on the official festival site.

Making the best of the festival: our top 10 tips »

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Kurt Jackson's artworks raise £68,000

Posted by jossc - 21 June 2010 at 10:36am - 0 Comments
Some of the works donated for auction by Kurt Jackson

Exclusive paintings of Glastonbury festival by leading British artist Kurt Jackson raised £68,000 for Greenpeace when they were auctioned last weekend. As a long-time Greenpeace supporter Kurt generously gave us 29 artworks from his time as artist-in-residence at the festival. They were all painted in situ, and included portraits of Radiohead, Massive Attack, Lily Allen, Amadou and Neil Young, plus some amazing landscapes and scenes from the festival.

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Coming to the 40th Glastonbury? Don't miss the Greenpeace field...

Posted by jossc - 17 June 2010 at 10:30am - 1 Comment

Come to the Greenpeace field and test out our FSC skateboard ramp

2009 was an epic year at Worthy Farm. Many festival-goers declared it the "best ever" Glastonbury. But with 2010 being the festival's 40th anniversary, we're doing all we can to make the next one even more special...

So this year the Greenpeace field goes ape with a distinctive rainforest theme, complete with hanging vines, authentic forest sounds and smells, plus more than a few of our famous orangutans, of course.

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Exhibition & Auction: Kurt Jackson - A Taste Of Glastonbury

Posted by jossc - 10 May 2010 at 2:54pm - 0 Comments

Leading British painter and environmentalist Kurt Jackson is a long-time supporter of Greenpeace. As the artist in residence at last year's Glastonbury Festival, he created an amazing series of paintings and sketches - including portraits of Radiohead, Massive Attack, Lily Allen and Tinariwen as well as landscapes capturing the essence of the festival.

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Glastonbury: scenes from the field

Posted by jamie - 30 June 2009 at 4:42pm - 0 Comments

There are a lot of tired but very happy (not to mention sun-kissed) people around the office today. Those who manned the Greenpeace field at Glastonbury are reappearing and they have such tales to tell. (I would have asked one of them to write this update, but they're all worn out.)

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Glastonbury: are you in the no?

Posted by jamie - 29 June 2009 at 1:57pm - 2 Comments

What do we say to bigger airports? © Vanessa Miles/Greenpeace

I decided to give Glastonbury a miss this year, but it looks like everyone currently stuck in a seven-hour tailback in the car park had a rollickin' good time. Not just because of the sunshine or Blur's barnstorming set last night (slightly jealous I missed that), but the Greenpeace field was once again a marvel to behold.

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Going to Glasto? Take a step through the grass arch...

Posted by jossc - 26 June 2009 at 1:34pm - 0 Comments

Just a quick reminder of the sorts of things you'll be missing out on if you don't take that step through the grass arch to visit the ever-stimulating Greenpeace field at this year's Glastonbury festival.

So head on down to the Greenpeace field, where you can (in no particular order):

  • sign up to become an Airplotter and help us create a spectacular aviation intervention to stop Heathrow expansion.
  • scale the climbing walls of our action training centre
  • conquer the famous Greenpeace skateboard ramp
  • take a solar power shower
  • feast organically at Café Tango
  • get some expert advice about how to make your world a bit greener

See you there!

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